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Shoal Bay Population - South Andaman, Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Shoal Bay is a medium size village located in Ferrargunj Tehsil of South Andaman district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands with total 302 families residing. The Shoal Bay village has population of 1373 of which 715 are males while 658 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shoal Bay village population of children with age 0-6 is 152 which makes up 11.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shoal Bay village is 920 which is higher than Andaman and Nicobar Islands state average of 876. Child Sex Ratio for the Shoal Bay as per census is 747, lower than Andaman and Nicobar Islands average of 968.

Shoal Bay village has lower literacy rate compared to Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In 2011, literacy rate of Shoal Bay village was 85.67 % compared to 86.63 % of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In Shoal Bay Male literacy stands at 89.01 % while female literacy rate was 82.12 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Shoal Bay village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Shoal Bay village.

Shoal Bay Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 302 - -
Population 1,373 715 658
Child (0-6) 152 87 65
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.67 % 89.01 % 82.12 %
Total Workers 554 405 149
Main Worker 355 - -
Marginal Worker 199 133 66

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Shoal Bay village of South Andaman district.

Work Profile

In Shoal Bay village out of total population, 554 were engaged in work activities. 64.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 554 workers engaged in Main Work, 81 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.